• foggy@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    It’d take more than pulling a passport to prevent the average citizen from illegally entering Canada and claiming refugee status

    But I understand the concerns, especially with this steadfast bullshit about Canada being the 51st state.

    Shits fucked, yo.

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      12 days ago

      I guess he wants to get a job there, find an apartment and then fly his family on an airplane instead sneaking in through the forest at night hoping he can spend couple months in a refugee camp whiles his application is being processed.

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      12 days ago

      I have a feeling Americans fleeing the consequences of their disaster politics may not receive the warmest welcome in Canada. There’s a lot of animosity and a lot of it is warranted.

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        11 days ago

        Don’t disagree. But the majority of Americans didn’t vote for this. Our system is just out-dated and has been slowly rigged over decades to benefit the few over the many. MOST Americans have never wanted Trump to be President. Many have spent years trying to get others to understand the consequences of his first election, and what is now his second term.

        But the voices of the many, are easily drowned out by the voices of the few who enough resources to purchase all our social spaces (Twitter / Facebook) and fill it with bad actors posing as other Americans who spout oligarch rhetoric.

        But our oligarchy have only radicalized a minority of us, not the majority.

        So while I understand your frustration with Americans, at least 1/3 of them have been fighting against this shit for a long time, and another 1/3 have done nothing. (Which is a different conversation

        The point is - this bullshit is now bleeding into Canada and the rest of the world. So the Americans who have lost their country to it might have the best information to share about preventing it.

        “Divide and Conquer” is the name of the game, and now that the US is Divided between right and left, billions of dollars of disinfo is now getting aimed your way instead.

        With “Canada hates Americans” being the headline Trump wants to see in order to invade you. This is why anti-American rhetoric is being pushed to you, and why anti-Canadian rhetoric is being pushed to us.

        We’ve only been allies until now, and the majority of Americans want Canada to be safe from what just happened to us.

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          11 days ago

          also MSM have been airing trump propaganda non-stop for the whole of 2024.

      • JaggedRobotPubes@lemmy.world
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        11 days ago

        If the people fleeing are nazis or sat around like idiots instead of voting the right way, then sure.

        If a good American goes to Canada and gets treated like a nazi just because he’s American, then that American has simply found one of the shitty Canadians to avoid. One less thing to think about.